From Texas Tech U: Managing conflict of interest in research

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686631

Account Res. 2012 May;19(3):143-55.

Managing conflict of interest in research: some suggestions for investigators.

Curzer HJ, Santillanes G.

Source

a Philosophy Department , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas , USA.

Abstract

Conflict of interest situations threaten to compromise objectivity and tempt researchers to act wrongly. Allowing oneself to drift into such situations without appropriate preparation is negligence which is, itself, a sort of wrongdoing. Since conflict of interest is unlikely to be eliminated or tamed by the professional---and institutional---level safeguards currently under discussion, individual researchers must make their own preparations. We offer individuals ten strategies for managing their own conflicts of interest.